Over the last year Deborah Russo has been working on a written correspondence project which has seen her amass more than 150 letters from people in prison, detailing personal accounts of their experiences of isolation.
Dr Emma Forbes joins us in this episode to describe her extraordinary project GlassWalls which uses the medium of stained glass to shine a light on domestic abuse in Scotland.
Grayson Bartels is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh working on his thesis which looks at how people in prison recover from Substance Use Disorder (SUD). In this episode we talk about Grayson’s own struggle with addiction to narcotics, the emotional cost of this kind of research and why he thinks connection is the essential ingredient to recovery.
BONUS EPISODE 'Is there life after state punishment?' with Fergus McNeill, Marguerite Schinkel, Reuben Jonathan Miller and Shadd Maruna.
We used to say look at the stars to feel how small you are, today we need just look at our phones. As we type into them the network pulses and our secrets are hoarded by the algorithm. We must ask, are we human or are we data?
Some of us have started to return to the office and in doing so we are relearning how to connect with our colleagues and professional networks.
SCCJR besties Lisa and Nughmana first met when doing their PhD's at the University of Glasgow and soon found they had a lot in common; their research interests, having busy home lives with young kids, wanting to do academia differently and a shared love of chatting over cake and coffee.
Our colleague, or should that be 'sister' of SCCJR, Dr Cara Jardine, Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, joins our host Ali Fraser to help kick off Season 2 of the Just Humans podcast.
Our colleague Dr Louise Brangan from the University of Stirling was recently awarded the prestigious British Society of Criminology’s Brian Williams prize for her article, ‘Civilizing Imprisonment: The Limits of Scottish Penal Exceptionalism.’
Seldom has there been a time in history where human connection has meant more, but can we stay connected with one another and our work under these conditions?
When we think about translation we usually think of translating from one language to another but research is an act of translation too. Often you are translating an experience, a conversation or observation into quotes and tables. Maybe there’s a better way of doing this?
Our first episode is about darkness with Dr Anna Souhami, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Edinburgh.
In the series we introduce you to the people who make the Centre, their lives and work, what inspires them and makes them tick. In each episode we will look at a different topic which will pique your interest and perk up your ears.
Just Humans is hosted by our Director, Dr Alistair Fraser and produced and edited by Communications Officer Rachelle Cobain. The title music is called ‘Rewind’ by Donna Maciocia and Sean H and was taken from the Distant Voices EP ‘Looking At Colours Again.’
The series is available on most major podcasting platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify where you can also like, leave a review, share and of course subscribe.
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